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Pianists to Set the Tune Chinese Audiences of Different and Take the Course 18 | Thursday, April 22, 2021 HONG KONG EDITION | CHINA DAILY LIFE formances, audiences will not only get to know these musicians but can also enjoy music pieces with The move distinctive folk elements written by Chinese composers of different generations.” that took According to Xu Jian, the general manager of the Forbidden City Concert Hall, the series of concerts a decade celebrating the 100th anniversary of the CPC was kicked off by con- ductor Zheng Jian, who led the all- China wasn’t on my radar. male Beijing Master Choir to My heart was in Europe, the perform patriotic and folk songs at crucible of Western theater the venue on March 7. In the weeks that I’ve loved and studied after, audiences enjoyed a diversity since I was 14 years old. I of shows, including recitals, choirs earned my graduate degree and traditional music. in the United Kingdom and From April 10, Zheng has been planned to live there. Things touring with the symphony orches- didn’t go to plan. I landed a tra and singers from the Tianjin great job back in America, Song and Dance Theater. Their teaching drama. Years passed gala, titled Dongfang Hong (The and I still hadn’t made it East Is Red), is being performed 17 back to Europe. I did, howev- times across the country. The show er, find myself working at a is based on a classic piece which university. This is when Chi- was performed at the Great Hall of na knocked on my door. the People in Beijing in 1964, mark- The university encouraged ing the 15th anniversary of the employees to founding of People’s Republic of audit classes as China. part of our pro- Long March Suite, a large-scale fessional devel- symphonic and choral concert, will opment. They The symphony orchestra and singers from the Tianjin Song and Dance Theater, along with the Beijing Philharmonic Choir, perform be held at the Forbidden City Con- offered two for- Dongfang Hong, a gala concert, at the Forbidden City Concert Hall in Beijing in December. PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY cert Hall under the baton of Zheng eign language on June 25. It was written by Xiao Stephanie options: Chi- Hua (1916-85) in 1965. Featuring 12 Stone nese and Japa- poems by Xiao about the Long Second nese. For no March — an epic strategic transfer Thoughts better reason by the Red Army that took place than I liked Chi- from 1934 to 1935, the suite has nese food a little more, I been a classic and popular among decided I’d challenge myself Pianists to set the tune Chinese audiences of different and take the course. Two ages. semesters in, and I was “When we perform those classic hooked! I co-founded the Forbidden City venue will stage a musical extravaganza in June as part of songs, the warm feedback of the Chinese Culture Club on audiences prove that those songs campus. We attended the celebrations marking the Party’s 100th anniversary, Chen Nan reports. are timeless and we want to pass Spring Festival celebration them down to the younger genera- hosted by our local Chinese ne stage, four pianos and tions, who can learn about the community center. I learned eight pianists may, at country’s history through those to make baozi and tried out first glance, seem a bit songs,” says conductor Zheng. my fledgling language skills crowded. But there is The Jingju Theater Company of at the local Chinese restau- Ostill plenty of room for both talent Beijing will perform a concert fea- rant. and entertainment. The admitted- turing the company’s star perform- The club wanted to hold a ly unusual arrangement will be ers, such as Zhang Huifang, Chi fundraiser benefiting a chari- seen at the Forbidden City Concert Xiaoqiu and Du Zhenjie. Peking ty in China. We decided on a Hall in Beijing on June 10 when Opera, known as jingju in Chinese, foster home that, among oth- eight young pianists perform combines several art forms, includ- er things, supported orphans together. ing singing, dancing, martial arts with complex medical condi- “It’s exciting even to think of the and acrobatics. UNESCO declared tions. We held a toy drive concert with four hands playing on it an intangible cultural heritage of and, a month later, a profes- each piano on that night,” says Wu humanity in 2010. sor and a group of students Ying, a veteran pianist who is one According to Liu Tong, president from the university delivered of the organizers of the concert. of the company, this year, the com- the toys and other supplies to As one of the concerts marking pany is staging more than 100 the foster home. I was envi- the 100th anniversary of the found- Peking Opera shows across the ous as I couldn’t travel with ing of the Communist Party of Chi- country. Modern Peking Opera, them, but it cemented in me na, the event will cover a wide known as yang ban xi, as Liu says, is a desire to visit China. After repertoire, including such favorites Left: Conductor Yang Li, who will perform in the anniversary concerts, at a show with a children’s choir an important part of reviving the all, if I’m going to put in the as Birds Paying Homage to the Phoe- in the Forbidden City Concert Hall in January. Right: Zheng Jian, artistic director of the Tianjin Song and 200-year-old art form, which was work to learn a language, I nix Marriage, based on a popular Dance Theater, conducts at the December concert. PHOTOS PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY popular among audiences during might as well go to the coun- folk song of the same title written the 1970s and 1980s. Classic mod- try itself! I made arrange- by suona (Chinese double-reed ern Peking Opera works will be ments with the foster home woodwind instrument) player Ren According to Wu, the eight ten by composer Huang Huwei rearranged by Chen Peixun (1922- staged during a concert at the For- to volunteer in exchange for Tongxiang. It was rearranged by young Chinese pianists will also (1932-2019) in 1958 and based on 2006) in 1975. bidden City Concert Hall on May 1, lodgings. My stay would last pianist Wang Jianzhong (1933- perform as soloists, featuring pie- six folk songs from Sichuan prov- “All eight young Chinese pianists including Raid on the White Tiger three weeks. 2016). Sing a Folk Song to the Party, ces composed by Chinese musi- ince. Pianist Liu Yuntian will per- are award-winners and they stud- Regiment and The Red Lantern, to A year of language learning which was first released in 1963 cians that have been inspired by form Autumn Moon over the Calm ied piano in China and later pur- appeal to nostalgic fans. did not prepare me for the and written by Zhu Jian’er and Jiao folk culture from different regions. Lake, originally a popular folk song sued their studies abroad. Now, culture shock of being in a Ping, will also be rearranged as a Pianist Gu Jingdan will play Pic- from Guangdong province written they are teaching at music schools Contact the writer at rural area in the (now devel- piano piece. tures From Bashu, which was writ- by Lyu Wencheng (1898-1981) and in China,” says Wu. “With their per- [email protected] oped) outskirts of Beijing. Dirt roads, stray dogs, limit- ed indoor heating combined with the language barrier was, initially, very unsettling. Tradition and transformation ensure cultural harvest Fortunately, the staff had compassion for me and helped me work through the KUNMING — In the 1990s, shift from American subur- French photographer Yann Layma bia to rural China. stunned the Western world with Once the initial shock wore images of cascading rice terraces in off, I was completely Southwest China. Today the agri- charmed. The street food was cultural wonder remains as grand incredible, the people were as ever, while the people there are friendly and curious, and the living more radiant lives. foster children were adora- The terraced fields in Yuanyang ble. My rudimentary Chinese county in Yunnan province made it was pushed to its limit, but to the UNESCO World Heritage List came in handy as I haggled in 2013. with vendors at the dirt mar- They were created by the Hani, ket. I used my weekends to an ethnic group that mostly inhab- take in everything from the its the area across the Ailao Moun- Forbidden City, Summer Pal- tains. ace and the Great Wall. I also “I’ll show you how to catch fish,” Left: Cascading rice terraces set a majestic scene in Yuanyang county, Yunnan province. LIN YIGUANG / XINHUA Right: Ding Ji’nan (right), a took an impromptu trip to Ding Ji’nan, a 24-year-old Hani member of the Hani ethnic group, and a colleague from her new media team livestream catching fish from water on a rice terrace in the Shaolin Temple in Henan social media enthusiast, says as she Dayutang village, Xinjie town, Yuanyang. CHEN XINBO / XINHUA province. I was two months introduces life on the terraced fields into what would become four to audiences across the country via years of extensive kung fu a short-video platform. returned to Yuanyang and estab- 2,100 hectares of farmland. It has the inheritance of the Hani tradi- 168,000 yuan. training and I wanted to see Ding quit her job years ago and lished a company dedicated to the driven 7,320 households to embrace tions and culture.
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